Citizens holding the barricade on Hrushevskogo street in Kiev, Ukraine on January 24, two days after the night when attack of special forces was deferred by massive wall of fire they set as a defence barrier: Fire Defence

The situation is not hopeful indeed. After all what happened the people won't accept anything short of the resignation of the president, but he is not going to resign no matter what. The moment he's out of power he knows he is going loose everything, and most likely go to jail (again).